246 Notes of a Visit to several Gardens. 



but among which some good sorts were expected. The 

 camelhas were in fine condition and all neatly arranged. Mr. 

 Feast has a large number of seedlings, and also a good stock 

 of some new varieties, produced by Baltimore amateur culti- 

 vators. 



Among the new things we noticed a new sempervirum from 

 Rio, and a Salvia (aS. Rhodenwaldu) from Texas, very hand- 

 some, of a neat habit, and an abundance of slender, bright 

 scarlet flowers. Mr. Feast has also a wliite cactus, but it 

 was not in flower. 



In the open ground we saw a fine seedling macrophylla 

 rose. Paulownia imperialis is perfectly hardy here, even very 

 small plants. Mr. Feast uses the yellow Banksia rose, for a 

 stock for the yellow tea, and the plants form fine heads in 

 half the time that they do on the Boursault, sweet briar or 

 dog rose. Since our visit, we have noticed, in the Gardener'' s 

 Chronicle., that some cultivators in England have recom- 

 mended the same stock, in preference to any other, for the 

 yellow tea. 



Nursery of Samuel Feast. — Many improvements have been 

 made in the premises since 1843. Two new span-roofed 

 greenhouses have been erected, which were now filled with 

 camellias, including a great quantity of seedlings, and from 

 which — from Mr. Feast's well known success in the produc- 

 tion of seedlings of all kinds — many superb varieties may be 

 hereafter expected. Great quantities of seedling azaleas com- 

 pletely filled one large house : grafting seedlings on the rho- 

 dodendron, has not been a successful experiment with Mr. 

 Feast ; the plants do not grow freely. 



The lateness of the season prevented our finding any thing 

 very interesting in the open ground ; the frost had already cut 

 off" the dahlias and all tender plants. We saw considerable 

 quantities of rhododendrons, and also a good stock of that 

 pretty variegated shrub, £^u6nymus variegatus, which is per- 

 fectly hardy around Baltimore, and we have no doubt would 

 stand the cold much further north, if planted on a dry sub- 

 soil, and in a sheltered place. We have a plant which has 

 stood out two winters, with scarcely any injury the last one, 

 though quite unprotected. 



Mr. Feast has lately raised one or two fine running roses, 



